CM Punk retained his World Heavyweight Championship in a match against Batista at The Great American Bash. The title was retained not by a pin or submission, however, but only after a double-disqualification due to outside interference from Kane. What can Punk expect from the unstable Kane and the brutal Batista next?
Also at The Bash, Chris Jericho continued to direct his fury toward Shawn Michaels’ right eye, who was injured from the blows. Will Shawn Michaels be able to recover from this injury like he has so many others?
John Cena has claimed that the thing between he and JBL isn’t just a match, but war. Have we only witnessed an opening skirmish between these two Superstars?
For the answers to these questions and more, be sure to tune into Raw live from Washington, DC, at 9/8C only on USA Network.
LAST TIME ON RAW
One night after The Great American Bash, Monday Night Raw was still embroiled in disorder. Before the World Heavyweight Title Match between Batista and CM Punk could even begin, Kane emerged and attacked Batista, leading CM Punk to enter the fray and attack the Big Red Monster. The match quickly ended due to interference from JBL. As The Animal battered JBL, John Cena rushed to the ring and accidentally leveled Batista, leading to a brawl between the two athletes. In spite of the presence of four legitimate contenders during the night's main event, CM Punk held onto his championship gold for another night.
JBL and Cena's rivalry carried over into an official match as well: A rematch from last week's Raw between the team of John Cena & Cryme Tyme and JBL & World Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase. Cena fearlessly pursued his pay-per-view opponent, but when the self-proclaimed "wrestling god” escaped from ringside, the Chain Gang Commander turned his rage against the World Tag Team Champions by performing a double FU on the two and pinning Ted DiBiase for the win.
In other action... Chris Jericho showed footage of the beat-down he gave Shawn Michaels the night before... Y2J's protégé, Lance Cade, defeated Paul London... D-Lo Brown made a triumphant return by beating Santino Marella, who unexpectedly "made out" with Beth Phoenix... The Glamazon went on to crush Kelly Kelly, and in an intergender tag-team match, Paul and Katie Lea Burchill took out the duo of Kofi Kingston and Mickie James.
